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ACTION: Notice of new recreation fee 

area. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Coeur d’Alene Field Office will 

establish day-use fees at Mica Bay 

Boater Park and Killarney Lake 

Campground and Access, located in 

Kootenai County; and at the 

Huckleberry Campground in Shoshone 

County. 

DATES: Starting July 10, 2025, the BLM 

Coeur d’Alene Field Office will begin 

charging day-use fees. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of relevant 

supporting documents for this action 

may be reviewed at the BLM Coeur 

d’Alene Field Office, 3232 W Nursery 

Rd., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815 and online 

at https://on.doi.gov/3qfe3I0. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Traver-Greene, public affairs 

officer, BLM Coeur d’Alene District 

Office, email: BLM_ID_

CoeurdAleneOffice@blm.gov; telephone: 

208–769–5000. Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, deafblind, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 

TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

is committed to provide and receive fair 

value for the use of developed 

recreation facilities and services in a 

manner that meets public-use demands, 

provides quality experiences, and 

protects important resources. The BLM’s 

policy is to collect fees at specialized 

recreation sites, or where the BLM 

provides facilities, equipment, or 

services at Federal expense in 

connection with outdoor use. 

To meet increasing demands for 

services and maintenance at Mica Bay 

Boater Park, Killarney Lake 

Campground and Access, and 

Huckleberry Campground, the BLM will 

establish a fee program for day-use 

recreation. These day-use fees address 

facility maintenance and public-safety 

needs, due to increased use and costs of 

operation. The fees will enable the BLM 

to improve services, add amenities 

desired by visitors, and help offset costs. 

Field office management plans to 

establish day-use fees at $5 per day per 

group of up to 10 individuals or per 

vehicle for the 2025 recreation season. 

Day-use fees will increase incrementally 

over the next 4 years, reaching $10 per 

day by 2029. The phased approach will 

involve two increases: the first to $7 for 

the 2027 recreation season, and the final 

increase to $10 two years later. The 

Huckleberry Campground extra vehicle/ 

utility trailer fee will be the same as the 

day-use fee each year. The Mica Bay 

Pavilion group day-use rental fee will 

increase to $80 for the 2025 recreation 

season, increase to $90 for the 2027 

recreation season, and increase to $100 

for the 2029 recreation season. 

The FLREA directs the Secretary of 

the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture 

to publish an advance notice in the 

Federal Register of the establishment of 

a new recreation fee area under their 

respective jurisdictions. In accordance 

with BLM policy, the business plans for 

the Mica Bay Boater Park, Killarney 

Lake Campground and Access, and 

Huckleberry Campground explain the 

fee collection process and how fees will 

be used at these sites. A public 

comment period on the draft business 

plan, announced by news release, ran 

from June 11 to July 10, 2024. The BLM 

Idaho Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC), functioning as a Recreation RAC, 

reviewed and approved the proposals to 

charge day-use fees at the above listed 

sites on July 11, 2024. Fee amounts will 

be posted on-site and at the BLM Coeur 

d’Alene Field Office. Copies of the 

business plans will be available at the 

BLM Coeur d’Alene Field Office as 

listed in the ADDRESSES section. Any 

planned fee increases will be 

implemented in phases as outlined in 

the business plan. Any future 

adjustments in the fee amount beyond 

the phased fee increases will follow the 

appropriate business plan process and 

will include consultation with the Idaho 

RAC and other public notice. Recreation 

use fees would be consistent with other 

established fee sites in the area managed 

by the BLM and other Federal and State 

land management agencies. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6803(b)) 

Kurt K. Pindel, 

BLM Coeur d’Alene District Manager. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_OR_FRN_MO4500181460] 

Notice of Availability of the Bridge 

Creek Area Allotment Management 

Plans Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement in the Andrews Field Office, 

Burns District, Oregon 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Bridge 

Creek Area Allotment Management 

Plans. 

DATES: To afford the BLM the 

opportunity to consider comments in 

the Draft EIS, please ensure that the 

BLM receives your comments within 45 

days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes its Notice of Availability 

(NOA) of the Draft EIS in the Federal 

Register. The EPA usually publishes its 

NOAs on Fridays. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments related 

to the Bridge Creek Area Allotment 

Management Plans Draft EIS may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: https://eplanning.blm.gov/

eplanning-ui/project/2013546/510. 

• Email: BLM_OR_BU_BCA_AMP@

blm.gov. 

• Fax: (541) 573–4411.

• Mail: Bureau of Land Management,

Burns District, ATTN: Don Rotell BCA 

Draft EIS, 28910 Hwy. 20 West, Hines, 

OR 97738. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Burns District 

Office, 28910 Hwy. 20 West, Hines, OR 

97738, or online at https://

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2013546/510. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

District Manager, Donald Rotell, BLM 

Burns District Office, 28910 Highway 20 

West, Hines, Oregon 97738; telephone: 

(541) 573–4422; email: BLM_OR_BU_

BCA_AMP@blm.gov. Individuals in the

United States who are deaf, deafblind,

hard of hearing, or have a speech

disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or

TeleBraille) to access

telecommunications relay services.

Individuals outside the United States

should use the relay services offered


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international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Bridge Creek Area consists of 

approximately 39,062 acres in 

southeastern Oregon within the 

Hammond, Mud Creek, Hardie Summer, 

and Hammond Fenced Federal Range 

(FFR) Allotments, located 

approximately 60 miles south of Burns, 

Oregon, near the town of Frenchglen. 

The allotments are located within the 

Andrews Field Office and partially 

within the Steens Mountain Cooperative 

Management and Protection Area. 

There is currently no grazing 

preference or grazing authorization 

associated with the four allotments in 

the project area. Through the 

alternatives in the EIS, the BLM will 

consider whether to issue 10-year 

grazing permits and approve 4 

Allotment Management Plans that 

outline seasonal grazing systems, 

grazing utilization thresholds, 

monitoring, and range developments. 

Following issuance of the Final EIS, 

BLM would sign a Record of Decision 

(ROD). If the ROD selects livestock 

grazing as an action, the BLM will issue 

a separate decision allocating forage and 

grazing permits by following the grazing 

regulations applying to conflicting 

applications at 43 CFR 4130.1–2. The 

BLM received multiple applications for 

grazing permits following a Notice of 

Available Forage issued in 2020. 

In 2023, the BLM assessed these four 

allotments for conformance to Standards 

and Guidelines (S&Gs) for achieving 

rangeland health as part of the 2023 

Bridge Creek Area Land Health 

Assessment and determined that not all 

applicable standards within these four 

allotments were achieved. Causal factors 

included shrub cover reduction through 

fire and historic sagebrush removal, 

crested wheatgrass seeding and 

maintenance, annual grass increases 

following fire, juniper encroachment, 

drought, upstream impacts, channel 

incisions caused by grazing practices 

prior to 1984, and current unauthorized 

grazing. 

The purpose of the action is to: (1) 

respond to external requests to consider 

issuing 10-year term livestock grazing 

permit(s) for the Hammond, Mud Creek, 

Hardie Summer, and Hammond FFR 

allotments; (2) consider assigning 

grazing preference to one or more base 

properties; (3) respond to requests to 

adjust pasture and allotment boundaries 

and animal unit months (AUMs); (4) 

respond to an external request to 

increase active use AUMs in the 

Hammond Allotment to manage its 

higher crested wheatgrass production; 

(5) implement allotment management 

plans for the Hammond, Hardie 

Summer, Mud Creek, and Hammond 

FFR allotments; and (6) reduce standing 

fine fuel biomass through biological 

thinning of forage in the Hammond, 

Hardie Summer, and Mud Creek 

allotments. 

The BLM need for the action is to: (1) 

respond to external requests for 

issuance of grazing permit(s) and 

modification of grazing management 

related activities; (2) ensure that grazing 

management practices occurring on 

public land meet the Standards of 

Rangeland Health and conform with the 

Guidelines for Livestock Grazing 

Management; (3) ensure any authorized 

livestock grazing is consistent with 

applicable Resource Management Plans; 

(4) ensure proper active use of AUM 

levels, season of use, and livestock 

management to maintain or improve the 

land health, vigor, and ecological 

processes within the allotments; and (5) 

reduce fine fuel biomass accumulation 

to maintain plant vigor. 

The BLM is analyzing five 

alternatives. Across all of the action 

alternatives, a common objective is to 

strive to meet or make significant 

progress toward meeting Oregon/ 

Washington Standards for Rangeland 

Health & Guidelines for Livestock 

Grazing (BLM 1997), to comply with 

2015 Oregon Greater Sage-Grouse 

(GRSG) Resource Management Plan 

Amendment (Greater Sage-Grouse 

ARMPA; BLM 2015b) objectives, and 

comply with the statutory and 

regulatory requirements of FLPMA and 

the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934. 

Alternative 1 would include issuing 

grazing permit(s) for the allotments with 

terms and conditions identical to the 

previously issued permit, which expired 

in 2014. This alternative would not 

include any range developments. 

Alternative 2 is the Agency Developed 

Alternative and would include issuance 

of an allotment management plan and 

grazing permit(s) with site specific 

terms and conditions, range 

developments, and revised allotment 

and/or pasture boundaries to provide 

periodic growing season rest, flexibility, 

and adaptive management to all 

allotments. This alternative would 

increase permitted AUMs within the 

Hammond Allotment and authorize 

limited non-renewable grazing, 

construction of 6.5 miles of new fences, 

and removal of 8.7 miles of fencing. 

Alternative 3 would include issuance 

of grazing permit(s) with site specific 

terms and conditions, range 

developments, changes to allotment and 

pasture boundaries, a modified season 

of use for each allotment to ensure 

periodic growing season rest in all 

pastures and authorize limited nonrenewable grazing. This alternative 

would increase AUMs permitted within 

all allotments, and authorize 

construction of 1 new corral, up to 2.7 

miles of water pipelines, 3 troughs, 7.6 

miles of new fences, and removal of 5.6 

miles of fencing. 

Alternative 4 would include issuing 

grazing permit(s) with reduced AUMs, a 

restricted season of use, and would not 

include any boundary adjustments or 

constructing or removing any range 

developments. Alternative 5 is the No 

Action Alternative; no livestock grazing 

permits would be issued, and no new 

developments would be authorized or 

constructed. Should the BLM determine 

to hold public meetings, the specific 

date(s) and location(s) of any meeting 

will be announced in advance through 

local media press releases and the 

project’s ePlanning page shown in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

Comments on the draft EIS must be 

submitted in accordance with the DATES

section of this notice to the contacts 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. To assist the BLM in identifying 

issues and concerns related to this 

project, comments should be as specific 

as possible. 

Public Disclosure of Comments: 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10) 

(2023).) 

Donald Rotell, 

District Manager, Burns District. 

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